| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | !The Laustin Family |
| 3 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 4 | A family of wealthy Parisian Bourgeouisie land owners that flee the country after the Battle of Sedan. |
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| 6 | [[quoteright:757:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/laustinfamily.png]] |
| 7 | [[caption-width-right:757:Left to right: Léon, Marie, Isabelle, Geneviève, Andréa]] |
| 8 | * AmbiguouslyChristian: The Laustin family being religious is hinted at in episode 3, when Isabelle asks God for Victor's safety in the duel[[note]][[https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/350/https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_episode_14.png No, really]][[/note]] and Geneviève prays to him to save Jules. However, in episode 4, they are outright confirmed Christian when Geneviève and Jules get married in a church and have a traditional Christian wedding. Justified since the 18th-century Bourgeoisie were mostly French Catholic. |
| 9 | * BadassFamily: The Laustin children are this trope. Andréa is a French Army Captain who's braved through his country's harshest conflicts, and Isabelle vows to join the war effort by disguising herself as a boy. |
| 10 | * GorgeousPeriodDress: The women all have their own Ojou outfits and attend fancy balls, while Andréa dons a military outfit since he's a part of the French army. |
| 11 | * ImpoverishedPatrician: Léon tells Marie and Victor that this is his biggest fear, as the Laustin family name dates back to 300 years ago. [[spoiler: And it comes true]]. |
| 12 | * MaliciousSlander: [[spoiler: Thiers claims that the Laustins housed Count Red, when this cannot be further from the truth - Count Red chose to go to the Laustins estate and hold every member of the family hostage during his duel with Victor, and right before revealing his secret identity - Andréa Laustin - to Léon and Marie. However, Marie is crushed by a chandelier as a result of Thiers' forces shooting at the mansion, which she is unable to avoid as Andréa had her tied to a chair. Through BrokenTears, Léon proclaims [[IHaveNoSon Andréa is no longer his son]] and accepts death with his wife, refusing to move from the burning building. As a result of Thiers claims', not many people attend Léon and Marie's funeral, sans Isabelle, Jean, Jeanne, a few other Laustin family staff, and some bystabders who only attended to mock them]]. |
| 13 | * {{Ojou}}: They're part of the Bourgeoisie upper-class of France, having accumulated their wealth from being landlords. |
| 14 | * ParasolOfPrettiness: In Léon's ImagineSpot of Geneviève, she's seen with one as she embraces a happy Isabelle, and while Isabelle is in London, she dons one too. [[spoiler: After Marie's death, Isabelle has an ImagineSpot of her holding one while standing next to her husband]]. |
| 15 | * RichBitch: Léon and Marie look down on Jules as a love interest for Geneviève, the former angrily scolding her and saying it is unacceptable. Though, later, Marie comes to regret this decision and says that Geneviève is worthy of the Laustin family name. |
| 16 | * RidiculouslyLonglivedFamilyName: One of the main reasons Léon wants his daughters to marry rich and wealthy nobles is to preserve the family name, which dated to be around 300 years old. |
| 17 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: |
| 18 | ** Marie to Isabelle. When they both don OjouRinglets, they look near-identical except Marie's wrinkles makes her look older. |
| 19 | ** Isabelle and Geneviève also have one. When Victor is looking at a [[spoiler: Wanted poster for Isabelle after she's suspected by Thiers of aiding LaResistance, he suddenly gets the image of Geneviève in his head and throws the poster away]]. |
| 20 | * UpperClassEquestrian: They travel through horse pulled carriages, and Isabelle rides horses on her own. Justified since this is 18th-century UsefulNotes/{{France}}. |
| 21 | [[/folder]] |
| 22 | [[folder:Isabelle Laustin]] |
| 23 | !!'''Isabelle Laustin''' |
| 24 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamiKoyama (Japanese), Caroline Beaune (French), Silvia Tognoloni (Italian), Maru Guzmán (Spanish), Sana Al-Meflah (Arabic) |
| 25 | |
| 26 | The main character of the series, Isabelle is a fifteen-year-old French girl and the youngest of the Laustins. Formerly a tomboy who loved to rough-and-tumble with her best friend Jean, she has grown into a [[ProperLady prim and proper Lady]], and made her debut at the ball the same day Prussian troops overtook Paris. Forced to flee for her own safety with her loved ones, Isabelle swears to save her country and becomes a spy for France. |
| 27 | ---- |
| 28 | [[quoteright:706:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelle_of_paris_isabelle.png]] |
| 29 | [[caption-width-right:770:Isabelle Laustin]] |
| 30 | [[caption-width-right:770:[[labelnote:Young]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelle_young.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 31 | [[caption-width-right:770:[[labelnote:Versailles outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_isabelle_in_versailles.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 32 | [[caption-width-right:770:[[labelnote:Fencing outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelle_challenges_jean.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 33 | [[caption-width-right:770:[[labelnote:Disguise]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_boy_isabele.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 34 | [[caption-width-right:770:[[labelnote:In London]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelle_in_london_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 35 | * ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Survives a number of conflicts throughout the series and is left the sole survivor by the GrandFinale - everyone else is dead]]. |
| 36 | * AttractiveBentGender: As a spy, Isabelle cuts off her hair and poses as a boy. |
| 37 | * BigBrotherWorship: She is overjoyed when Andréa comes home and runs towards him, chanting his name. She embraces him in a BearHug. She then thumps his chest and yells at him for making her worried while he was fighting off in the war. |
| 38 | * BitchSlap: It runs in the family, as she does this to a French military captain. |
| 39 | * BeehiveHairdo: When preparing for the ball, Jeanne styles Isabelle's hair this way. It's held into place with a diamond-encrusted clasp. |
| 40 | * BestHerToBedHer: When Isabelle was a child, she made a promise swearing that she would only marry someone stronger than her. After her father suggests she marry Jean, the next day, she challenges him to a duel. Though Jean wins, she doesn't tell him of her father's suggestion, and Jean leaves, calling the duel fun, unaware of the bigger picture. |
| 41 | * BoyishShortHair: [[spoiler: As part of her spy disguise, Isabelle sheds the OjouRinglets. This hairstyle becomes the default til the end of the anime.]] |
| 42 | * CallingTheOldManOut: After Leon disowns Geneviève for loving Jules, she calls him a terrible father. |
| 43 | * {{Chickification}}: In-universe example. The series starts when she grows out of her tomboy phase into being a gorgeous, traditional French lady. |
| 44 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Victor dies confessing his love to Geneviève, much to Isabelle's heartbreak.]] |
| 45 | * DramaticIrony: She has a crush on Victor and he's the subject of many of her fantasies but when he finally [[BridalCarry Bridal Carries]] her for the first time, she's out cold from exhaustion. |
| 46 | * DubNameChange: |
| 47 | ** In the Arabic dub, her name was changed from '''Isabelle''' to '''Renad''' (ريناد). |
| 48 | * EverythingsSparklyWithJewellery: As an {{Ojou}}, she wears a blue necklace. |
| 49 | * FairytaleWeddingDress: Hers is white with GiantPoofySleeves and baby pink highlights. Her [[https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Isabelle_Laustin?file=Isabelle1e.png day dress]] is also white but has green ribbons. |
| 50 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: For most of her life, Isabelle lived in Geneviève's shadow, who was seen as the ideal wife and prime beauty of the Laustin household, while she was a prank-pulling, [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Jean]]-bullying, wild little rugrat. |
| 51 | * GirlishPigtails: Inverted, as a tomboy she wore her hair in pigtails. |
| 52 | * GratuitousFrench: In the Japanese version, expect Isabelle to speak the occasional French phrase in [[Creator/MamiKoyama Mami Koyama]]'s adorable Japanese accent. |
| 53 | * HeadTurningBeauty: When Isabelle joins the ball for the first time, she gets many stares due to her gorgeous looks. |
| 54 | * ImagineSpot: Has many about Victor, who she has a crush on. |
| 55 | * ImpoverishedPatrician: [[spoiler: By the end of the anime, all the Laustins are dead and their estate is siezed by Thiers. Isabelle introducing herself to a soldier as "Isabelle of Paris" instead of "Isabelle Laustin" can be read as her [[ShedTheFamilyName shedding the family name]]]]. |
| 56 | * JeanneDArchetype: French? Check. A tomboy? Check. Uses a sword, fights for her country despite the wishes of everyone else, even cutting her hair to disguise herself as a boy? Check, check, check. Isabelle even has an ImagineSpots where she pictures herself like Jeanne. |
| 57 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She may be a bully to Jean and has a penchant for playing pranks and worrying her family, but she's also an AllLovingHero who keeps Geneviève's secret and wants to save her country. Unlike her parents, she's not a RichBitch and treats the commoner French as equals. |
| 58 | * TheKlutz: In the first episode, Isabelle gets her PimpedOutDress stuck on a chair while trying to show off to Geneviève. |
| 59 | * LikesOlderMen: If her words in episode 3 are to be believed... |
| 60 | --> '''Isabelle, to Jean''': ''You're ten years too young to be hitting on me!'' |
| 61 | * OjouRinglets: [[https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Isabelle_Laustin?file=Isabelleofparis-episode-4.png And how!]] |
| 62 | * PatriotInExile: She may have been forced to leave France, but it is still her country, now and forever. |
| 63 | * PinkIsFeminine: Her Ojou dress is mainly white but has pink highlights. Her Versailles dress also has a [[https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Isabelle_Laustin?file=Isabellefainted.png pink ribbon]]. |
| 64 | * PluckyGirl: Plucky enough to BitchSlap the Captain of the French army. |
| 65 | * SecretKeeper: She's shocked when she finds out that Geneviève is in love with Jules despite bring betrothed to Victor, but doesn't say anything. [[spoiler: She's also the first to know that Geneviève is pregnant, and she's going to be an aunt.]] |
| 66 | * SiblingRivalry: In episode one, Isabelle asks her maid, Jeanne, who is fairer, her or Geneviève. She takes Jeanne's pause as a sign it's Geneviève, but Jeanne assures her this isn't the case. |
| 67 | * SilkHidingSteel: Despite being a fifteen-year-old {{Ojou}}, Isabelle can ride horses and wield a stick in combat. Later, she's trained by Victor himself. |
| 68 | * StylishSunhats: In the Versailles arc, Isabelle dons one along her default gown. It's bigger than her head. |
| 69 | * TaremeEyes: Like most characters illustrated by Nobuyuki Kitajima, Isabelle has a pair of innocent TaremeEyes. |
| 70 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: In Jean's flashback, it's revealed that Isabelle was a wild child who enjoyed catching fish, rough play, climbing trees, and tormenting him, making fun of him for being a "crybaby" and a "weakling". |
| 71 | * TrueBlueFemininity: As a child, Isabelle wore her hair in pigtails and donned a blue dress. |
| 72 | * UsedToBeATomboy: The first episode reminds us multiple times that Isabelle is no longer a {{Tomboy}} and is going to be a ProperLady just like her sister. |
| 73 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Isabelle sees Jean as a crybaby (to be fair, she wasn't wrong) in spite of his protests that he isn't. When she challenges him to a duel, to her shock, Jean wins, the latter remarking that he's been practicing his sword craft every day. However, because Jean is the show's ButtMonkey, he then embaresses himself by falling off his horse while trying to climb it. |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
| 75 | [[folder:Geneviève Laustin]] |
| 76 | !!'''Geneviève Laustin''' |
| 77 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuneko Matsukane (Japanese), Mireille Audibert (French), Serena Verdirosi (Italian), Talia Marcela (Spanish), Hala Auda (Arabic) |
| 78 | The Deutragonist of the anime, Isabelle's older sister who is lauded as a ProperLady amongst their peers. In spite of her image, she harbours a dark secret that could threaten it all - she is in love with Jules, her piano teacher, and wants to marry him instead of the man her parents arranged her to marry. She wants to defy her parents and live the life the way she chooses. |
| 79 | ---- |
| 80 | [[quoteright:770:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_genevieve5.png]] |
| 81 | [[caption-width-right:770:Geneviève Laustin]] |
| 82 | [[caption-width-right:770:[[labelnote:Ojou outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_genevieve3.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 83 | [[caption-width-right:770:[[labelnote:Wedding dress]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theweddingbellsring3.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | * TheAce: Is gorgeous, from an aristrocatic family, can play the piano, desired by many men as the ideal wife and [[spoiler: even successfully wields a gun despite having no prior training]]. There's a reason Isabelle wants to impress her and be like her. |
| 86 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ever since their youth, Isabelle was seen as the mischevious, rambunctious tomboy, while Geneviève was seen as the beautiful and elegant ProperLady. Even Isabelle admits that she can't fault people for thinking that Geneviève is the prettier one, and to boot, she's engaged to Captain Victor Langlois, who Isabelle has a crush on. |
| 87 | * ArrangedMarriage: Her father arranged her to marry Victor. |
| 88 | * BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Gets one with Jules at her wedding.]] |
| 89 | * BleedEmAndWeep: [[spoiler: She bursts into tears after realizing she killed a man. Granted, he was a corrupt government official trying to arrest Jules for the crime of....not wanting to live under an authoriatarian government. However, Jules and Isabelle assure her that she's not a monster and try to console her.]] |
| 90 | * BrokenAce: [[spoiler:Geneviève is secretly unhappy about her life in spite of her wealth and natural talents because her parents want her to marry Victor and will look down on her if she chooses to marry the man her heart belongs to as he is from an impoverished background. Once she is disowned after her ForbiddenRomance with Jules, she lives in Paris with him and wants to be with forever...and then the Prussians deem him a fugutive for inciting rebellions across Paris. Nevertheless, Geneviève swears to be by his side no matter what and bids a goodbye to Isabelle, forced to leave her for her own safety]]. |
| 91 | * BrutalHonesty: Once Isabelle catches Jules and Geneviève in an act of intimacy, she doesn't hide it from her sister and tells her the truth. |
| 92 | -->'''Geneviève:''' ''"I cannot help it."'' |
| 93 | * DubNameChange: |
| 94 | ** In the French dub, Geneviève's name is changed to '''Florian'''. |
| 95 | * DudeMagnet: Geneviève is the subject of Jules, Victor and Gaston's affections. |
| 96 | * ForbiddenRomance: She loves her piano teacher, Jules. It's not their student-teacher relationship or their age gap that's the issue though - it's that she's the daughter of a wealthy landowner and he's a Parisian commoner with barely any cents to his name. |
| 97 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Before her disownment, Geneviève had the reputation of a gorgeous, kind {{Ojou}} who was the ideal wife for men of French society. Isabelle, [[TheKlutz not so much]]. |
| 98 | * TheFundamentalist: [[spoiler:Geneviève is religious and believes that if she should die in conflict with her baby, then it is God's will, much to Isabelle's horror]]. |
| 99 | * TheGunslinger: [[spoiler:In her first attempt at wielding a gun, Geneviève manages to shoot the man wrangling Jules, despite her eyes being shut. She has an instant MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment afterwards.]] |
| 100 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:In episode 4, Geneviève and Jules finally get married. It's cut short by the appearance of Victor, who informs them that the Prussians have already infiltrated corners of France and they need to go into hiding for their safety.]] |
| 101 | * InnocentBlueEyes: Geneviève's are a shiny dark blue color, surrounded by a lighter blue pool. |
| 102 | * KilledOffForReal:[[spoiler: Geneviève and her baby are killed by the French military in the GrandFinale, and Jules is executed]]. |
| 103 | * LongingLook: While she's dancing at the ball with Victor, Geneviève can't help but spare Jules this look, because he is the one she really loves and wants to be with. |
| 104 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After shooting a Prussian SecretPolice agent for assaulting Jules and trying to take him to prison, Geneviève looks at her own hands with horror and starts crying.]] |
| 105 | * PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: While vowing to defend Paris from the Prussians, she reveals to Isabelle that she is pregnant with Jules' child]]. |
| 106 | * StarCrossedLover: With Jules. [[spoiler:For a while]]. |
| 107 | * StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:On the outside, she's the crown jewel of the Laustin family, on the inside, she secretly yearns to run away from it all and live with Jules]]. |
| 108 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Unlike her sister, Geneviève dresses hyperfemininely and has traditionally feminine interests such as playing the piano. |
| 109 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Contrary to her sister, who's FairytaleWeddingDress is white with pink highlights, Geneviève's dress is white with baby blue highlights. Her [[day dress]] is purple-blue with bright blue collars. |
| 110 | * NiceToTheWaiter: She's nice to the commoners in general, like Gaston and Jules. It's possibly a factor in their love for her. |
| 111 | * OjouRinglets: Like her sister and mother, Geneviève dons curly Ojou ringlets. |
| 112 | * PimpedOutDress: Her [[https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Laustin?file=Isabelleofparis_episode_16.png default]] [[https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Laustin?file=Isabelleofparis_episode_30.png outfit]] is purple with two layers of blue ruffles on the collars. |
| 113 | * ProperLady: Geneviève is seen as perfect by almost everyone she meets and orginates from an {{Ojou}} family. Her hobbies are playing the piano and she is engaged to the Captain of the French army. |
| 114 | * SpoiledSweet: In spite of being the golden child of the Laustins, she never rubs her status in anyone's face and is endlessly humble. She even throws away her wealthy family to be with her lover, Jules. |
| 115 | * ThinkOfTheChildren: One of Geneviève's reasons for fighting for Paris is because she wants a bright future for her children. [[spoiler: This takes on another meaning when it's revealed that she's pregnant.]] |
| 116 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: After she starts living in Paris alongside Jules, Geneviève discovers that she has Swinophobia (fear of pigs). |
| 117 | * YouAreWorthHell: Tells Jules she will follow him wherever he goes when he rebuffs the idea of marriage because of their class differences. [[spoiler: She does this again when he's on the run from the Prussians, telling Isabelle she will follow him wherever he goes and bidding a sad goodbye to her sister, not knowing if they will ever re-unite. Luckily, they do.]] |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | [[folder:Andréa Laustin]] |
| 120 | !!'''Andréa Laustin''' |
| 121 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/OsamuIchikawa (Japanese), Vincent Ropion (French), Tonino Accolla (Italian), Salvador Najar (Spanish), Ahmad Abu Sweilem (Arabic) |
| 122 | |
| 123 | The firstborn of the Laustin children, and the only boy. He is a part of the French Military and fought the Prussian army to defend Paris. He is also the leader of the Garrison. [[spoiler:Andréa is believed to be dead at the battle of Champigny....or is he? Turns out that he's the man behind Count Red, a group that prioritizes the interests of the commoners over the Bourgeoisie, including Thiers and his cronies]]. |
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| 125 | |
| 126 | [[quoteright:771:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captainandrea.png]] |
| 127 | [[caption-width-right:771:Andréa Laustin]] |
| 128 | [[caption-width-right:771:[[labelnote: Civilian outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_episode_3.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 129 | [[caption-width-right:771:[[labelnote: Secret identity '''(Spoilers)''']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2023_08_01_045414.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 130 | * BigDamnHeroes: Twice. |
| 131 | ** [[spoiler:The first time is when Andréa brings the French army to Victor, Isabelle and Jean's side]]. |
| 132 | ** [[spoiler:The second time is when Count Red saves his little sister and Jean from Panza's hitmen]]. |
| 133 | * CaptainPatriotic: |
| 134 | -->'''Andréa:''' ''"As long as I have Paris, I will never die! I will never give Paris to the Prussians!"'' |
| 135 | * ClassyCravat: As part of his civilian uniform, Andréa wears two. |
| 136 | * CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Count Red sure is. When Thiers plans to ambush him, he brings a lit explosive to the scene and chucks it at his soldiers.]] |
| 137 | * DadsOffFightingInTheWar: Sibling variant. Before the events of the anime, Andréa was drafted off to war to fight the Prussians. He makes a temporary stop in Paris to see his family again after the Prussians defeat Napoleon III, warning them to escape, before heading back into war. |
| 138 | * DramaticIrony: Andréa refuses to abandon one of his shot men and takes him back to the army base as soon as possible. He asks the doctor to treat his wounds, but after examining his corpse, he shakes his head, implying that the man has already succumbed to his injuries. Andréa lampshades this trope, mournfully saying that life is full of irony. |
| 139 | * KilledOffForReal:[[spoiler: Thiers arranges for him to die in the Battle of Champigny by alerting the Prussians of his presence. His death snaps Marie into pieces. However, he's actually alive, operating under the alias Count Red. Unfortunately, he dies for real in the GrandFinale.]] |
| 140 | * TheGadfly: He suggests that Victor marry Geneviève as soon as possible, remarking "Now may be the best time to do it. What if you're betrothed has a little fun behind your back?". [[spoiler: If only he knew how right he was...]] |
| 141 | * GenderBlenderName: Andréa is commonly used as a girl's name. The masculine variant is André. |
| 142 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Dies thinking of Irma]]. |
| 143 | * TheGunslinger: As a member of the French military, he owns a pistol. |
| 144 | * MasterSwordsman: Unsurpringly, as a member of the military, he is skilled at swordfighting. [[spoiler:Panza comments on it, during their duel]]. |
| 145 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Count Red gets the absolutely [[SarcasmMode genius]] idea of tying Marie to a chair during his duel with Victor, so that the Laustin family don't get in the way. Why he even thought bringing the fight to their house was a ''good idea'' isn't stated. When Thiers' men shoot at the mansion, a chandelier falls off and hits Marie in the head, killing her]]. |
| 146 | * NoManLeftBehind: He refuses to abandon a dying comrade in spite of him telling him it's pointless to keep going. |
| 147 | * NoOneCouldHaveSurvivedThat: [[spoiler: In the first episode, Andréa is assumed to have died in the Battle of Sedan, but his family is relieved to have found out that's not the case]]. [[spoiler: In the sixth episode, Andréa is assumed to have perished at the Battle of Champigny, but thanks to Irma and another Romani woman nursing him back to health, Andréa was able to survive and become Count Red]]. |
| 148 | * ShipperOnDeck: He supports Victor marrying Geneviève and when he finds out of her ForbiddenRomance with Jules, he gets angry and tells her to come to her senses. Regardless, he is appalled at the idea of a duel for her heart and tries to convince Victor it isn't worth it, saying that they should focus on protecting France. However, after wards, he comes to accept that Geneviève loves Jules and even attends their wedding. |
| 149 | * StrawMisogynist: [[spoiler:The "benevolent sexism" kind. He doesn't want Irma to get involved in his gang activities because he believes that a woman's place is elsewhere. This doesn't stop Irma from trying, however]]. |
| 150 | * WouldHitAGirl: In episode 3, he slaps Geneviève and tells her to end things with Jules to make sure him and Victor don't die by duelling. Geneviève bursts into tears and collapses and Isabelle is shocked that [[BigBrotherWorship the big brother she idolized]] for so long would do such a thing. Later, Andréa intervenes in their father nearly slapping Geneviève, implying that he regretted his actions. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Léon Laustin]] |
| 154 | !!'''Léon Laustin''' |
| 155 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Masato Tsujimura (Japanese), Georges Atlas/Jacques Serres (French), Unknown (Italian), Agustín López Zavala (Spanish), Muhammad Al-Qabani (Arabic) |
| 156 | |
| 157 | The father of the Laustin children and the husband of Marie. He is a wealthy landowner and wants his children to follow his footsteps. |
| 158 | ---- |
| 159 | [[quoteright:702:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_leon.png]] |
| 160 | [[caption-width-right:702:Léon Laustin]] |
| 161 | * AbusiveParents: |
| 162 | ** He would have slapped Geneviève for saying she wanted to live with Jules had Andréa not stopped him. [[spoiler: He then tells her he will no longer stop her from marrying him, because she is no longer part of his family. He also leaves her in Paris while the rest of the family goes to Versailles to escape from the oncoming Prussians. However, when she's out of earshot, he hands Gaston a wad of cash and tells him to look after her nonetheless.]] |
| 163 | ** [[spoiler: After the death of Andréa, he tells Isabelle that she is the only child of the Laustin family left and regardless of how she feels about Jean, she should consider marrying him as he is a noble, repeating the same pattern of ArrangedMarriage he did with Geneviève that drove her away.]] |
| 164 | * AdiposeRex: He's a tubby Bourgeoisie SelfMadeMan who looks down on the poor and shames his daughter for falling in love with a non-wealthy pianist. |
| 165 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: The Laustin household burns down with Léon and Marie in it; the latter already dead and the former not wanting to live without her]]. |
| 166 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: He is outraged when he finds out that Geneviève holds feelings for her piano tutor, Jules, and rejected Victor in his favour. |
| 167 | * GoldDigger: In spite of being wealthy himself, Léon uses his daughters as tools to expand the Laustin family's status and wealth and wants them to both marry Bourgeoisie men. When Geneviève rejects the ArrangedMarriage he set up with her and Victor, he disowns her. |
| 168 | * IHaveNoSon: |
| 169 | ** Disowns Geneviève for falling in love with a commoner. |
| 170 | -->''' Geneviève:''' ''"Father-"'' |
| 171 | -->'''Léon''': ''"Do not call me that."'' (to his crying wife) ''"Marie, do not be upset. The Geneviève we know is dead. Our only children are now Andréa and Isabelle."'' |
| 172 | ** He does this again to [[spoiler: Andréa after his actions inadvertedly cause Marie's death.]] |
| 173 | * JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: He's not wrong to blame Count Red/Andréa for the death of his wife, considering the dumbass 1) thought it would be a good idea to bring a fight between two skilled swordsmen to a civilian household and 2) restrained the Laustins from being able to move from danger]]. |
| 174 | * UglyGuyHotWife: His wife bears a heavy resemblance to her HeadTurningBeauty daughters, but he's remarkably unattractive. |
| 175 | [[/folder]] |
| 176 | [[folder:Marie Laustin]] |
| 177 | !!'''Marie Laustin''' |
| 178 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Reiko Senou (Japanese), Denise Metmer (French), Unknown (Italian), Ana Maria Gray (Spanish), Unknown (Arabic) |
| 179 | The mother of the Laustin children and the wife of Léon. |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | [[quoteright:680:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_marie_8.png]] |
| 182 | [[caption-width-right:680:Marie Laustin]] |
| 183 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Is crushed to death by a chandelier, and unable to avoid it as she's tied to a chair. Her corpse then burns with the building as Léon is to grieved to move. [[SarcasmMode Great work, Count Red!]].]] |
| 184 | * RegalRuff: Her green dress has a thick, white, wavy collar. |
| 185 | * UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed because her age has wrinkled her face, but Marie is more presentable-looking and conventionally attractive than Léon, who is fat and has no remarkable features. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | !Staff of the Laustin Family |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Jeanne]] |
| 190 | !!'''Jeanne''' |
| 191 | !!!Voiced by: Unknown (Japanese), Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Patricia Acevedo (Spanish), Margo Aslan (Arabic) |
| 192 | The main maid of the Laustin household. She is often exasperated at Isabelle's drive for chaos and disorder. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | [[quoteright:345:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_jeanne.png]] |
| 195 | [[caption-width-right:345:Jeanne]] |
| 196 | * BigFun: Jeanne is on the tubbier side, but she's a sweet old lady. |
| 197 | * GiantPoofySleeves: Hers are yellow under her apron. |
| 198 | * GlassesOfAging: Hers are round and thick-rimmed. |
| 199 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Dies with her signature smile, being shot by the French army]]. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Gaston]] |
| 203 | !!'''Gaston''' |
| 204 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Japanese), Jacques Torrens (French), Unknown (Italian), Pedro D'aguillon Jr. (Spanish), Unknown (Arabic) |
| 205 | |
| 206 | The carriage-driver of the Laustins. |
| 207 | ---- |
| 208 | [[quoteright:767:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gaston_5.png]] |
| 209 | [[caption-width-right:767:Gaston]] |
| 210 | * AlmightyJanitor: Gaston can ride carriages, use guns, jump from roofs [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Ezio]]-style and spy properly. |
| 211 | * AgeGapRomance: It's implied that he has romantic feelings for Geneviève, giving her a LongingLook after she leaves for the ball and softly muttering her name. He also holds her hand as she exits the carriage. |
| 212 | * BigDamnHeroes: |
| 213 | ** Once the [[BigBrotherIsWatching Prussian intelligence]] target Jules for inciting rebellions against Prussian rule, Gaston threatens them with guns, and locks them in the room after successfully evacuating Geneviève, Isabelle and Jules. By the time they break out, the four have already escaped. |
| 214 | ** Again, when Isabelle and Jean are at the British museum, [[spoiler: Gaston wards of Panza's men and saves them]]. |
| 215 | * TheGunslinger: Apart from driving carriages, Gaston knows how to use guns. |
| 216 | * SecretKeeper: He knows of Geneviève's romance with Jules. When Jules asks him to keep it under wraps, eh assures him that he is Geneviève's loyal servant. |
| 217 | * ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Nobody drives carriages like Gaston!]] |
| 218 | * ShipperOnDeck: He supports Jules courting Geneviève and keeps their romance a secret from the Laustins. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | !Other Bourgeoisie |
| 221 | [[folder:Jean Clément]] |
| 222 | !!'''Jean Clément''' |
| 223 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuji Mitsuya (Japanese), Thierry Redler (French), Riccardo Rossi (Italian), Unknown (Spanish), Unknown (Arabic) |
| 224 | |
| 225 | The childhood best friend of Isabelle. |
| 226 | ---- |
| 227 | [[quoteright:432:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_jean_clement.png]] |
| 228 | [[caption-width-right:432:Jean Clément]] |
| 229 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Isabelle finds him irritating because he's unable to take no for an answer whenever she tells him she won't marry him. |
| 230 | * AnnoyingLaugh: And that's just the top of the iceberg as to why Isabelle views him as the above trope. |
| 231 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: In spite of being a fifteen-year-old, Jean knows his way around weapons and explosives, and [[spoiler: frees Victor from his imprisonment, beating Count Red and his gang to the punch]]. |
| 232 | * ButterFace: PlayedForLaughs in episode 1. Jean asks Isabelle for a dance, which she rejects, as she holds affections for Victor and views Jean as a "crybaby" due to her being somewhat of a [[TheBully bully]] to him when they were children. Jean then replies that he will dance with someone else and complements a lady with a BeehiveHairdo and OjouRinglets, but when she turns around, Jean is disgusted by her thin eyes and fat nose. |
| 233 | * ButtMonkey: By his own hand or fate's, Jean is frequently on the receiving end of humiliation and failure. He's seen as a joke by everybody, including Isabelle, and treated as the show's PluckyComicRelief. Even the one time he gets a moment of badassery (beating Isabelle in a duel), is followed by him falling over his horse. |
| 234 | * ChildhoodMarriagePromise: He's been asking Isabelle to marry him ever since they were young, in spite of her constant rejections. One flashback from when they were children has this hilarious exchange: |
| 235 | -->'''Jean, after drawing a chalk illustration of Isabelle in a wedding dress on the ground:''' ''"Isabelle, your wedding dress looks so beautiful."'' |
| 236 | -->'''Isabelle:''' ''"Of course it does. But you'll be disappointed since I'll be wearing it for someone else."'' |
| 237 | * ChildSoldiers: At fifteen years old, he is recruited as a student of Victor, who teaches him how to use a rifle. |
| 238 | * ChickMagnet: Episode 11 reveals that he's quite the stud. |
| 239 | -->'''Jean, reading off the senders of his love letters:''' ''"Marie...Francoise...Brigitte...Sylvie...Yvette...Joanne...Delphine...Ha, I'm quite popular. But I didn't even get one from Isabelle."'' |
| 240 | * [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]: When he sees Victor bridal-carry an unconscious Isabelle, he looks at them wistfully and tries to stomach his jealousy. |
| 241 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 11 sheds light on his family life, amongst other things. |
| 242 | * {{Determinator}}: No matter what, he wants Isabelle's hand in marriage, even if she despises his attempts to woo her. |
| 243 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: While they're at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Jean suggests to Isabelle that they run away together, and she happily agrees. Moments later, Jean is shot, his last words commenting on the {{Irony}}]]. |
| 244 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He has blonde hair and is a happy-go-lucky boy, albeit a rather annoying one. |
| 245 | * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie here, and he does]]. |
| 246 | * LadykillerInLove: Jean has received love letters from many women, but it is only his ChildhoodFriend Isabelle who he wants to marry. |
| 247 | * MasterSwordsman: Skilled enough to beat Isabelle in a duel (though considering Isabelle is TheKlutz at swordwielding, this isn't saying much). |
| 248 | * OnlyFriend: When Isabelle asks him why he loves her, he says that ever since they were kids, she was the only one who looked out for him, and that he learned shooting and horseriding because she enjoyed them too. |
| 249 | * ProneToTears: He tells Isabelle he's not a crybaby anymore, but this is proven wrong when he flies in a hot air balloon for the first time and bursts into tears because he's afraid of heights. |
| 250 | * SatelliteCharacter: All of his appearances exist around Isabelle and his unrequited love for her. |
| 251 | * TerribleArtist: [[https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/350/https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terribleartist.png Ehrm]]...well....at least he got the mouth right? |
| 252 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: He has had a crush on Isabelle ever since they were children, and according to episode 3, he's been asking her to marry him every day. The first time he suggested it, Isabelle delivered a DopeSlap to him, and she's been rejecting him outright ever since. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | !French Military |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 257 | The military of France. |
| 258 | ---- |
| 259 | [[quoteright:771:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/french_army_from_isabelle_of_paris.png]] |
| 260 | [[caption-width-right:771:''Liberté, égalité, fraternité'']] |
| 261 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: The French flag is depicted as the modern-day tricolore flag, but since the anime is set in 1870, it should have been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_flags#/media/File:Imperial_Standard_of_Napol%C3%A9on_III.svg this]]. |
| 262 | * BigDamnHeroes: As Isabelle, Victor and Jean are escaping the clutches of the Prussians, the army, led by Andréa, show up and gun down the remaining Prussian soldiers on their tail. |
| 263 | * BlingOfWar: Unlike the Prussians, who have drab uniforms, the French military uniforms are stylish and studded, and on top of that, [[https://caliverbooks.com/images/covers/BobFP%20vol2.jpg historically accurate]]. |
| 264 | * CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Absolutely not. The French military are as badass as they are brave and defy orders from their higher ups to abandon their country, willing to fight to the very end for glorious France! |
| 265 | * TheGunslinger: Every member of the French military owns a pistol. It's also mentioned by others that Victor's a skilled shooter. |
| 266 | * SharpDressedMan: Their military outfits are black and red with golden epaulettes, and often studded with medals. |
| 267 | [[/folder]] |
| 268 | [[folder:Victor Langlois]] |
| 269 | !!'''Victor Langlois''' |
| 270 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuyukiSogabe (Japanese), Jean-Louis Rugarli (French), Angelo Nicotra (Italian), Unknown (Spanish), Hisham Hamada (Arabic) |
| 271 | A high-ranking member of the French military and Geneviève's fiance. |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | [[quoteright:477:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_episode_10.png]] |
| 274 | [[caption-width-right:477: Victor Langlois]] |
| 275 | * ArrangedMarriage: With Geneviève. While he's elated, Geneviève's heart is already taken by Jules. |
| 276 | * BigDamnHeroes: |
| 277 | ** He rescues an unconscious Isabelle after her horse is separated from her parent's carriage. He then protects her and Jean from the Prussian military and trains them on how to use weaponry and ride horses. |
| 278 | ** He does this again [[spoiler: when Isabelle and Jean are in London. Jean scowls and lampshades this trope]]. |
| 279 | * BridalCarry: He does this to Isabelle twice in episode 4, after the poor girl suffers a crash when her horse is separated from the Laustin's carriage and after she narrowly saves her, Jean and Victor from the Prussians. |
| 280 | * CaptainPatriotic: Vows to protect Paris to his dying breath with Andréa. |
| 281 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Geneviève abandons their ArrangedMarriage for Jules, and Victor spends the rest of the series heartbroken, unable to get over her. In the GrandFinale both Victor and Geneviève are killed by the French army, as is the child of Jules Geneviève is carrying. A dying Victor mistakes Isabelle for Geneviève and spends his last moments thinking he's in her arms.]] |
| 282 | * DopeSlap: Delivers one to Victor with his glove before challenging him to a duel. |
| 283 | * DyingDeclarationOfLove:[[spoiler: After fleeing from the French troops, he is shot. After he falls to the ground, he mistakes Isabelle for Geneviève due to their StrongFamilyResemblance and asks "Geneviève? Is that you, Geneviève?". Not wanting to break his heart, Isabelle insists she is and allows him to hold her hand. Victor says Geneviève's name one more time before biting the dust.]] |
| 284 | * FromHeroToMentor: Jean idolizes Victor and Isabelle has a crush on him. While escaping Versailles from the Prussians, he becomes a mentor to both, teaching Jean the ways of TheGunslinger and ordering Isabelle to ride the horses. |
| 285 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: After Isabelle rejects Jean's advances, Victor says he thinks they'll make quite the couple. Isabelle then feels saddened that Victor doesn't realize her feelings, with Victor oblivious to why she's upset. |
| 286 | * LetsFightLikeGentlemen: After Geneviève tells him that she cannot come with him to Versailles because she loves Jules, Victor goes to Jules' house, slaps him, and challenges him to a duel. During the fight, Geneviève begs him not to shoot Jules, so he makes sure to deliberately miss, wounding Jules' face, before declaring the duel over. |
| 287 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: Subverted. He challenges Jules to a duel over the heart of Geneviève, but he admits to Andréa that it's not about her, it's about his pride as a soldier. He actually doesn't end up murdering Jules, just inflicting a wound over his cheek. |
| 288 | -->'''Victor:''' ''"A high-ranking army officer who's bride was stolen by an impoverished pianist. This is who I am now. Love is fickle, I am fine with that. But can a soldier live with a stain on his pride? If I can't protect my own pride, how can I protect the pride of France? How can I defend Paris?"'' |
| 289 | * MyCountryRightOrWrong: |
| 290 | -->'''Victor:''' ''"No matter what the order is, a soldier must carry it out. It is not my role to decide whether the order is correct or not."'' |
| 291 | * ObliviousToLove: He assumes that Isabelle fawns over him because he's her sister's fiancé, not because she has a crush on him. |
| 292 | * RedIsHeroic: He has red hair and is patriotic to defend France against it's enemies. He also puts his life on the line to save civilians. |
| 293 | * StepfordSmiler:[[spoiler: Once he sees Geneviève in her bridal gown, marrying Jules, he tries to suppress his feelings, implying deep down he's bitter over her rejecting their betrothal to one another.]] |
| 294 | * UpperClassEquestrian: He has his own horse, which he rides into the duel with Victor. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | [[folder:General Gambetta]] |
| 297 | !!General Gambetta |
| 298 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Tetsuya Kaji (Japanese), Raoul Guillet (French), Unknown (Spanish), Unknown (Italian), Ghannam Ghannam (Arabic) |
| 299 | A member of the French government who shares the Parisian's patriotism for their country. |
| 300 | ---- |
| 301 | [[quoteright:769:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leongambetta.png]] |
| 302 | [[caption-width-right:769:General Gambetta]] |
| 303 | * CoolOldGuy: Isabelle thinks so. She's elated to a fly a hot air balloon with him and eagerly listens to his speech. |
| 304 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Thiers mentions that a long time ago, Gambetta saved France from ruin during a previous war and is an acclaimed war hero. |
| 305 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gambetta Léon Gambetta]] was a real person, but the anime takes many liberties with his story. |
| 306 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: According to the anime, he saved France from destruction prior to the start of the series. Unfortunately the truth is more boring, in RealLife Léon Gambetta was a lawyer and Republican statesman who was known for his actions in the Affaire Baudin. He was, however, involved in the Franco-Prussian war, but not in the way the anime depicts it (for one, he wasn't a General). |
| 307 | * MatchstickWeapon: For him it's his cigar, which he drops on an unfortunate Prussian camp. |
| 308 | * RedIsHeroic: He dresses in a red military coat with golden epaulettes and a blush sash with a white outline, and is a war hero who opposes Thiers' idea of selling out Paris to Prussia. |
| 309 | * TheSmartGuy: When the Prussians block off Paris's routes through land, he decides to travel to Versailles through sky. |
| 310 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Amongst the narcissistic [[RichBitch Bourgeoisie]], Gambetta is one of the few with any sense of national pride. |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | !Ordinary Parisians |
| 314 | [[folder:Jules Francoeur]] |
| 315 | !!'''Jules Francoeur''' |
| 316 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoshito Yasuhara (Japanese), Eric Abrauhn (French), Unknown (Spanish), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Arabic) |
| 317 | A commoner Frenchman who is Geneviève's piano teacher. They fall in love, but he knows their romance likely won't have a happy ending because her wealthy, upper-class parents will never allow her to marry a commoner like him. |
| 318 | ---- |
| 319 | [[quoteright:771:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelleofparis_jules.png]] |
| 320 | [[caption-width-right:771:Jules Francoeur]] |
| 321 | [[caption-width-right:771:[[labelnote:Wedding outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theweddingbellsring2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | * AgeGapRomance: He fell in love with Geneviève, who's one of his students. |
| 324 | * AllForNothing:[[spoiler: By the GrandFinale, he is executed, his wife and their child are shot to death, the French army crushes the Parisians like ants and Isabelle is the only survivor. She starts a new life elsewhere.]] |
| 325 | * BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: With Geneviève at their wedding]]. |
| 326 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Jules and Geneviève are executed separately; the former through a firing squad in public because it's found out that he led LaResistance and the latter through the military firing upon Parisian civillians. Geneviève's child also dies with her.]] |
| 327 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:He finally gets married to Geneviève in episode 4. However, their happiness is cut short when the Prussians, in complicity with Thiers, demand Paris and order Jules and the other Parisians to be arrested for opposing them. They narrowly escape, but the Prussians manage to kill some of them.]] |
| 328 | * {{Execution}}: [[spoiler: His fate, after it's found out he's the leader of the Paris Commune. Sadly, this is historically accurate]]. |
| 329 | * IntimateArtistry: Jules taught Geneviève how to play the piano. In his house, it's revealed that he has a drawing of her on top of his own piano. |
| 330 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He tells Geneviève to marry Victor because he knows that her parents will disown her if she married him. [[spoiler: After Victor and Jules have a duel, Jules realizes that he's been using Geneviève's situation as an excuse to run away and tells her that he doesn't want to be away from her because he loves her too.]] |
| 331 | -->[[spoiler: '''Jules:''' ''"You shouldn't run away from the ones you love. You shouldn't let go of them. You should stand up and fight for them!"'']] |
| 332 | * LaResistance: Jules heads the Paris Commune, where he holds meetings dedicated to opposing the Prussians and defending Paris. Because of this, the Prussians deem him public enemy number one. |
| 333 | * LonelyPianoPiece: Plays one during the ball while everyone is dancing with their lovers, while he is all alone because the woman he loves is engaged to someone else. |
| 334 | * PatrioticFervour: Jules and the rest of the Parisian commoners swear to defend their city on their lives, in spite of their lack of training. When Thiers authorizes the Prussians to overtake Paris, they resist them. |
| 335 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: No doubt this is part of his appeal, apart from being a pianist, Jules is a gorgeous man with dark hair and eyes. |
| 336 | * TeacherStudentRomance: He was initially hired as a piano tutor for Geneviève, and ended up falling in love with her. [[spoiler:And it got worse from there.]] |
| 337 | * ThePianoPlayer: Jules teaches it to Geneviève and plays it during the ball scene. |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | [[folder:Parisian Cafègoer]] |
| 340 | !!'''Parisian Cafègoer''' |
| 341 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Japanese), Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Spanish), Unknown (Arabic) |
| 342 | An unnamed Parisian man who frequents the same cafe as Jules and knows of his situation with Geneviève. |
| 343 | ---- |
| 344 | [[quoteright:673:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jules_friend_2.png]] |
| 345 | [[caption-width-right:673: Jules' friend]] |
| 346 | * TheAlcoholic: In the second episode he gets drunk at a cafe. |
| 347 | * ColourMotifs: Blue. His eyes, shirt and ribbon are all blue. |
| 348 | * DumbBlonde: Averted. In his first appearance, he gets drunk at a cafe before teasing Jules about Geneviève, but once he finds out about the duel, he urges Jules to drop out because he knows that as someone who's never held a gun, he doesn't stand a chance against an experienced military commander like him. Jules's response?. |
| 349 | -->'''Jules:''' ''"I love Geneviève more than I value the life of that man"'' |
| 350 | * TheGadfly: Teases Jules about him being a "starving artist falling in love with a Princess". Even at their wedding, he asks Jules why he's with her since she's lost all her money and status. Jules stares at him with an aghast expression in response. |
| 351 | * NoNameGiven: This folder is called "Parisian Cafègoer" for a reason. |
| 352 | * PatrioticFervour: When the Parisians chant about defending their city from the Prussians, he joins in. |
| 353 | -->'''The Parisians:''' ''"Defend Paris! Defend Paris! Defend Paris! Defend Paris! Defend Paris!"'' |
| 354 | * SinisterSchnoz: He has a crooked nose. However, he isn't evil, just a bit of a [[{{Troll}} Gadfly]]. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | !Count Red and associates |
| 357 | [[folder:In general]] |
| 358 | A group of revolutionaries that oppose Thiers. |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * DominoMask: They all wear these to hide their identities. [[spoiler: Though it's not hard to figure out that Count Red is Andréa.]] |
| 361 | * {{Expy}}: Three times over. |
| 362 | ** Of ''[[Film/TheMaskOfZorro Zorro]]'', given their appearances and acts of vigilante heroism. |
| 363 | ** Of ''Myth/RobinHood'', because they steal from the rich to help fund their schemes, to aid the Parisian commoners and liberate France. |
| 364 | ** Of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', given how they're caped crusaders that use a bat as a symbol. Then again, given that ''Zorro'' inspired ''Batman'', this may be a redundant point... |
| 365 | * RedIsHeroic: Their insignia is a red bat. Also their leader is named "Count Red". |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | [[folder:Count Red '''(Unmarked spoilers)''']] |
| 368 | !!Count Red |
| 369 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/OsamuIchikawa (Japanese), Vincent Ropion (French), Tonino Accolla (Italian), Salvador Najar (Spanish), Ahmad Abu Sweilem (Arabic) |
| 370 | |
| 371 | Andréa's alter ego. Contrary to Thiers' belief, he survived the battle of Champigny and since then has been working to undermine Thiers and his government. |
| 372 | |
| 373 | To see tropes for him, go to Andréa Laustin's folder. |
| 374 | ---- |
| 375 | [[quoteright:740:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2023_08_01_045414.png]] |
| 376 | [[caption-width-right:740:Count Red]] |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[folder:Irma]] |
| 380 | !!Irma |
| 381 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Kachiko Hino (Japanese), Unknown (French), Germana Dominici (Italian), Unknown (Spanish), Unknown (Arabic) |
| 382 | |
| 383 | A Romani woman who's a member Count Red's gang, and his love interest. |
| 384 | ---- |
| 385 | [[quoteright:773:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/irma_6.png]] |
| 386 | [[caption-width-right:773:Irma]] |
| 387 | [[caption-width-right:773:[[labelnote:Past]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/irma_isabelle_of_paris.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | * BigDamnKiss: In [[spoiler: Andréa]]'s flashback, after living together for a long time, they finally realize they're in love with each other and kiss. |
| 390 | * ColourMotifs: Red. Her hair is red, and in [[spoiler:Andréa]]'s flashback, she's depicted through hues of red and orange. |
| 391 | * EvilRedhead: Subverted. She's certainly an anti-villain, but she's far from evil. |
| 392 | * [[HotGypsyWoman Hot Romani Woman]]: She catches [[spoiler:Andréa]]'s eye while dancing sensually and playing the tambourine. |
| 393 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In the GrandFinale, Panza spies on Victor and Andréa makimg plans to resist the French troops, but is caught by Irma. Irma leads him to the room they're in, but he turns the tables and holds a knife to her neck, saying that if Andréa wants her alive, he must hand over his map with the plans of resistance to him. As Andréa brings the map to him, Irma takes the knife from Panza and stabs herself in the chest, so that Andréa decides to save Paris instead. She tells Andréa she's glad to have met him before dying.]] |
| 394 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Her last words, before succumbing to her stabbing, is that she was glad she got to meet Andréa.]] |
| 395 | * LegFocus: It's one of the factors of her {{Fanservice}} appeal. |
| 396 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: In [[spoiler: Andréa]]'s flashback, he fell in love with her after she taught him many things, such as "sadness and the hardships of poverty, but also the simple joys of life and appreciation for each day". |
| 397 | * MissFanservice: In the flashback to her past days, she's seen dancing sensually and showing a lot of leg, freely entertaining the hordes of Romani men surrounding her. |
| 398 | * PluckyGirl: In spite of Count Red ordering her not to join in his activities, Irma refuses to take no for an answer and stands by him anyways. |
| 399 | * RedIsHeroic: She has red hair and is part of a gang that opposes the fascist Thiers. |
| 400 | * RoguishRomani: She's of the heroic variant. Thiers brands her and the gang as criminals, but the commoner Parisians love them because they fight for their cause. |
| 401 | * ShipTease: Count Red tells Irma that he cannot bear to lose her and during his duel with Panza, he ensures she makes it to safety before continuing to fight him. |
| 402 | * SpannerInTheWorks: |
| 403 | ** Had Irma not found [[spoiler: Andréa that day, Count Red would have never existed, and Isabelle and Jean would have died in London]]. |
| 404 | ** Had Irma not spied on [[spoiler:Thiers and taken the bait, Victor and the Laustins would have never found out that Andréa was Count Red. Unfortunately, her actions also led to the (accidental) death of Marie]]. |
| 405 | * TokenGirl: Of Count Red's gang. |
| 406 | * TwoferTokenMinority: She is the only female and non-white (albeit, white-passing) member of Count Red's gang. |
| 407 | * TooDumbToLive: Irma, while spying on Thiers, doesn't bother to hide herself properly, allowing Thiers to notice her and deliberately feed her baiting information. When she runs off, she ''again'' doesn't bother to exit discreetly, and Thiers and his associates can see her. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | !French collaboraters |
| 410 | [[folder:Thiers]] |
| 411 | !!Thiers |
| 412 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Ritsuo Sawa (Japanese), Jacques Torrens (French) |
| 413 | A French politician who wants to give up Paris to the Prussians in exchange for defending his own property, in spite of the loss of lives and national pride of the French citizenry. |
| 414 | ---- |
| 415 | [[quoteright:770:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adolphe_thiers.png]] |
| 416 | [[caption-width-right:770:Thiers]] |
| 417 | * AmazingTechnicolourPopulation: Thiers is green. No, he's not an alien or a monster, he's a Frenchman, but he's ''green''. |
| 418 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler: During Andréa's death scene, Thiers suddenly materializes out of nowhere. He laughs endlessly, for ''several minutes'', as one by one, all of Andréa's comrades are shot one by one, until finally, Andréa himself is killed. The whole sequence looks like a terrible acid trip, and has to be seen to be believed.]] There's also his green skin, which for some reason, no one else mentions. |
| 419 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Thiers believes that the needs of the Bourgeoisie (i.e. ensuring they remain unaffected by the war) outweigh the safety of the French people, the face of French pride and the soverignity of the country against the Prussians. |
| 420 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[ArtisticLicenseHistory/IsabelleOfParis Whoever wrote this anime really hated Thiers]]. |
| 421 | * BadBoss: Thiers has Karlov choke Panza until his mouth bleeds as a demonstration of his power. |
| 422 | * BastardBastard: The real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Thiers Adolphe Thiers]] was born out of wedlock, and this one is the BigBad. |
| 423 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Thiers is secretly planning the downfall of Gambetta because he constantly rejects his idea of giving Paris away to the Prussians.]] |
| 424 | * DirtyCoward: When masses gather outside of the government building to protest against him, he makes plans to flee to Prussia. When Gambetta calls him out, he deflects the blame to him for not gathering an army. |
| 425 | * GreenAndMean: He has green skin and he's the main antagonist of the series; a traitor that sold out his own country in exchange for money. |
| 426 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In RealLife, Adolphe Thiers was opposed to Bismarck. He even warned France about going to war with Prussia, saying it was too risky. He also wanted to protect Paris from their siege.[[note]]Though he did abolish the fédéré, which was a source of income for many Parisian families, resulting in them despising him and rioting against him[[/note]] In the anime, he is a greedy, self-absorbed {{Narcissist}} who sells France out to the Prussians. The only thing they have in common is that they made decisions that sparked riots in Paris. And no, Thiers didn't plot the demise of Gambetta in RealLife either. |
| 427 | * LesCollaborateurs: When the Prussians invade France, he refuses to fight for Paris and allows it to fall in their hands, as long as the Prussians don't go after him or his property. |
| 428 | * KarmaHoudini:[[spoiler: Everyone except Isabelle is dead because of him in the GrandFinale, and he gets away scott-free]]. |
| 429 | * MakeItLookLikeAnAccident:[[spoiler:He views Andréa and his soldiers as complicit in the Parisian riots, and to punish them, he gives them the opportunity to fight the Prussians in Champigny, knowing that earlier they critisized him for ordering them to stand by. However, after this, he has his right-hand man, Panza, alert the Prussians]] |
| 430 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: He dresses extravagantly and has his waiter serve him exquisite dishes like roasted duck. |
| 431 | * ObviouslyEvil: Did him not being ''green'' give it away? |
| 432 | * PatrioticFervour: Averted. He cares more about defending his wealth by making peace with the Prussians rather than standing his ground and fighting back. His fellow politicians critisize him, saying that Paris is the heart of France and they cannot lose it, but they fall on deaf ears as he has already made up his mind. |
| 433 | [[/folder]] |
| 434 | [[folder:Panza]] |
| 435 | !!'''Panza''' |
| 436 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Japanese), Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Spanish), Unknown (Arabic) |
| 437 | Thiers' right hand man. |
| 438 | ---- |
| 439 | [[quoteright:747:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/parls.png]] |
| 440 | [[caption-width-right:747:Panza]] |
| 441 | * ArchEnemy: Count Red, for sabotaging every attempt of his to harm Isabelle. |
| 442 | * BaldOfEvil: He has a shiny, bald head. |
| 443 | * TheGunslinger: Panza favours pistols, as do the men that follow him. |
| 444 | * IcyBlueEyes: Panza's are of the villainous variant. |
| 445 | * ImpliedDeathThreat: He hints to Isabelle that he had a hand in [[spoiler:Andréa]]'s death. |
| 446 | -->'''Panza:''' ''"You're next."'' |
| 447 | * LeaveNoSurvivors: Once he finds out that Isabelle has been in contact with British revolutionaries, he orders his men to wipe out everyone who Isabelle has ever met. He is then subsequently attacked by Count Red, who plants a bomb in his ship. |
| 448 | * MasterSwordsman: Count Red remarks that he's good at swordfighting, before following up with another insult. |
| 449 | * PaedoHunt: While his cronies are searching Isabelle's room for Gaston, he leers at Isabelle (who is ''fifteen'') sexually. When he's called her out for being a creep, he slaps Isabelle and says that him and his goons have no need for manners. Later, he throws a knife at Isabelle, tearing her sleeve and showing her shoulder. |
| 450 | * WouldHurtAChild: He slaps Isabelle because she called him out for being a pervert. |
| 451 | [[/folder]] |
| 452 | [[folder:Karlov]] |
| 453 | !!'''Karlov''' |
| 454 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Japanese), Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Spanish), Unknown (Arabic) |
| 455 | Another of Thier's goons. Does not talk much, because he can't. |
| 456 | ---- |
| 457 | [[quoteright:766:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karlov.png]] |
| 458 | [[caption-width-right:766:Karlov]] |
| 459 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: He doesn't speak, has eyes that glow into ProphetEyes when he's about to kill, and is immune to most bullets. |
| 460 | * {{Expy}}: Of Frankenstein's monster. |
| 461 | * TheHeavy: Throughought the London arc, Karlov is a recurring villain, racking up kill counts of several innocents in his way to finish off Isabelle and Jean. |
| 462 | * OneManArmy: He takes on an entire ship's crew at once, and later a pub. |
| 463 | * WouldHurtAChild: Thiers ordered him to assassinate Isabelle and Jean, and he comes close to doing so on more than one occassion. |
| 464 | [[/folder]] |
| 465 | !Prussian Empire |
| 466 | [[folder:The Prussian Army]] |
| 467 | !!The Prussian Army |
| 468 | The army led by UsefulNotes/OttoVonBismarck. |
| 469 | ---- |
| 470 | [[quoteright:766:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/prussian_army.png]] |
| 471 | [[caption-width-right:766:The Prussian Army]] |
| 472 | * ArmiesAreEvil: They are viewed as monsters by Isabelle, Geneviève, Andréa, Jules, Victor and the rest of the Parisians because they killed many French soldiers and want to overtake their city. |
| 473 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[ArtisticLicenseHistory/IsabelleOfParis And how!]] |
| 474 | ** HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The anime repeatedly insists that the Prussian army doesn't shoot women or children, but the French do. |
| 475 | * RapePillageAndBurn: The Prussian army pillage and burn France once they successfully manage to infiltrate it, targeting wealthy Bourgeoisie refugees who try to flee the country. While the "rape" part isn't apparent, in episode 4, a Prussian man ''way older'' than Isabelle stares down at her with a vile grin, assuming they're alone, only for Jean to attack him with a stick. |
| 476 | * RedShirtArmy: Here and there. They're ruthless when it comes to shooting the French military, but they're incompetent when it comes to shooting a fleeing Isabelle, Jean and Victor in episode 4. It also doesn't occur to them to do the obvious (shoot their horses), which Victor does. |
| 477 | * WouldHurtAChild: Discussed. As they march into Paris, a young boy throws a tomato at them, yelling at them to get out of their country. One Prussian soldier is enraged and loads his gun, but another stops him, saying that they are King William's soldiers and do not shoot children. |
| 478 | [[/folder]] |
| 479 | [[folder:Prussian Intelligence Officer]] |
| 480 | !!Prussian Intelligence Officer |
| 481 | An unnamed Prussian Intelligence Officer who investigates rebellions in Paris and arrests those who partake in it. |
| 482 | ---- |
| 483 | [[quoteright:769:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unnamed_prussian.png]] |
| 484 | * ArchEnemy: He considers Jules one because he leads and organizes the rebellions. |
| 485 | * BlueIsHeroic: Inverted, he wears blue and is an agent of an oppressive regime that targets civilians. |
| 486 | * PerpetualFrowner: Is always seen with a scowl. |
| 487 | * NoNameGiven: None of the Prussians, sans the [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Historical Domain Characters]], are named. |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
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